Emergency

Immediate aid + ongoing assistance = a stronger healthier future

When disaster strikes here at home, our emergency response team mobilizes immediately, reaching out to clinics and health centers in our network of over 600 safety net partners to deliver the right aid to survivors in urgent need. But we don’t stop there: we follow up with field visits and ongoing recovery assistance for communities in crisis.

In 2014, we are responding to devastating tornadoes and storms that struck Oklahoma, Arkansas and other Midwestern and Southern states. We have sent aid to help survivors of the devastating Washington landslide, provided recovery support for tornado survivors in Illinois, while we continue to expand our preparation for tornadoes and hurricanes before they strike.

In 2013, we responded to the devastating May tornadoes that shattered parts of Oklahoma Cityand its suburbs, fall tornadoes inIllinois, we continued our large-scale Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, and helped victims of wildfires in Arizona, and flooding inColorado and other disasters.

In 2011, a year of record-setting tornado outbreaks, devastating floods, wildfires, and storms, AmeriCares delivered nearly $3 million in emergency aid for disaster survivors, along with more than $600,000 in disaster recovery grants to help more than 62,000 people recover and prepare for future emergencies.

Response

The first 48 hours of an emergency are the most critical. We strategically pre-position emergency relief supplies at partner clinics in disaster-prone areas across the U.S. so we are ready to respond at a moment’s notice with shipments of emergency aid to fill urgent healthcare gaps, including:

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Stamford, Conn. – May 23, 2014 – AmeriCares is helping a Mississippi health care center leveled by the April 28 tornado remain open, ensuring access to care for the 3,200 low-income patients who rely on its services.

In the weeks since an outbreak of powerful tornadoes and severe weather devastated the Midwest and South, AmeriCares has provided more than $333,124 in aid which includes more than $318,024 in medicines, water and relief supplies to support partners in Arkansas, Florida and Kansas and $15,100 to restore access to health services in Arkansas and Mississippi. More aid is underway.

Stamford, Conn. – April 28, 2014 – AmeriCares is deploying an emergency response team to Arkansas to coordinate deliveries of medical aid and relief supplies for survivors of the deadly tornadoes that struck the South and Midwest last night.

Stamford, Conn. – March 17, 2014 – AmeriCares is outfitting the Women’s and Children’s Pavilion at the HealthPlex hospital in Norman, Okla., with new medical equipment to help meet the increase in demand for maternity care since the May tornadoes destroyed a neighboring hospital.

AmeriCares disaster relief team is on the ground in flood-struck communities in Colorado mobilizing a response. New shipments are now underway, including water, emergency kits and relief supplies to meet the urgent needs of ill, injured and displaced survivors

AmeriCares disaster relief team is on the ground in flood-struck communities in Colorado mobilizing a response. New shipments are now underway, including water, emergency kits and relief supplies to meet the urgent needs of ill, injured and displaced survivors.

AmeriCares shipped a truckload of bottled water to St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance in Phoenix, Arizona through a partnership with Nestle Waters North America and Feeding America in response to the wildfires in Yarnell, Arizona that claimed lives and destroyed homes. The water from the shipment is being provided to disaster survivors, emergency responders, and volunteers.

Stamford, Conn. – June 17, 2013 – AmeriCares and Portlight Strategies, Inc. are partnering to help disabled Oklahoma residents affected by the recent tornadoes. AmeriCares has awarded a $25,000 grant to the Charleston, S.C.-based nonprofit organization to replace wheelchairs, scooters, ramps and other equipment lost or damaged in the recent storms.

Stamford, Conn. – May 22, 2013 – Medical aid and relief supplies from AmeriCares are arriving in Oklahoma to help survivors of the powerful tornado that tore through the suburbs of Oklahoma City on Monday, killing and injuring dozens and flattening homes and businesses in its 17-mile path.

AmeriCares has been a blessing to us. Kate has worked tirelessly to assist us in getting vaccines and everything we need to provide medical assistance to victims, responders, and volunteers. Kudos to Kate and the AmeriCares staff! Also—providers on-call don’t have anything on AmeriCares because they are always available when needed!”

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